Impact Stories

Stories that show how privately funded research, programs and initiatives are making a difference.

Carolina Stories

Terry Long holds up a petri dish containing small green plants.

1 min read

Farm to lab

Rickie Willis smiles in front of a wood paneled wall.

1 min read

Making and doing good

Izzie Estes smiles for a photo on the beach.

1 min watch

A family trailblazer

UNC medical student Travis Wliiams

6 min read

Going Where The Need Is Greatest

Chandler Simpson sits on the floor of a room that has sustainable fashion messaging painted on the walls and is looking at a mannequin that is wrapped up in red ribbons with her face marked out with red paint.

4 min read

The fashion of sustainability

Four MacDonald Community Service Scholars pose together smiling, wearing graduation cords.

3 min read

The full circle of philanthropy

2 min read

Family values helping others

Carolina student Jacky Zheng

7 min read

Carrying the Torch

Daniela Alfaro smiles outdoors.

3 min read

Challenging preconceptions

Seth Shelden leans against a statue in front of a large building.

3 min read

Humanity is why we do it

Black and white portrait of the Dibbert family.

2 min read

A new commitment to military-affiliated students

Lauren Gullett smiles on a brick walkway along Polk Place.

2 min read

The scholar success